Shooting range field trip.

bnsaibum · Mar 20, 2014

Now THIS is a field trip! Bliss Ninnies use the newspeak terms of 'gun safety' that can mean anything but actual firearm safety practices. How much of a freak out and melt down would we hear from them if more schools did this? How much would I care about their freak out melt down? Learning actual safe practices and some history to boot. Nice!
http://www.krdo.com/news/students-at-the-shooting-range-for-gun-safety/25055098

Mikej · Mar 21, 2014

Wow, what a distance to shoot for first timers! Good for them, all schools should have an introduction to firearms/safety. My first time was at a two week Boy Scout summer camp in about 1969.

It's hard to believe that they (The powers that be), allow such a thing in a state that went so gung ho for "Common Sense Gun Laws" after the theater shooting.

Kimber Custom · Mar 21, 2014

The targets are @25m (82'). Then we use scaled targets to emulate a 20" target @100, 200, 300 and 400 yards. Even our youngest shooters are typically on paper at that range.

If people really want firearms safety this needs to be the norm - not the exception.

bnsaibum · Mar 21, 2014

Kimber Custom said:
The targets are @25m (82'). Then we use scaled targets to emulate a 20" target @100, 200, 300 and 400 yards. Even our youngest shooters are typically on paper at that range.

If people really want firearms safety this needs to be the norm - not the exception.

This is real common sense, but getting the blathering Bliss Ninnies to see it is a daunting task.

Hook686 · Mar 21, 2014

Back in the 60's many California high schools had a shooting range in the school. It went along with the Junior ROTC program the high schools had back in the day. A lot has changed. I remember K rations had a small box of cigarettes in them also. Yup a lot has changed.

Kimber Custom · Mar 25, 2014

A lot went into that event. Here's the insider view: http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=40110.0

bnsaibum · Mar 25, 2014

Kimber Custom said:
A lot went into that event. Here's the insider view: http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=40110.0

What an awesome way to educate and I'll bet that anything learned will be remembered far longer than any equivalent that would have been presented in a standard school room setting. It will probably have more context and more personal meaning as well.

Tony617 · Mar 28, 2014

I got to shoot a single shot .22 rifle when I was attending summer school back in 1975 in San Jose, California. We sat in a classroom and learned basic firearm safety. Afterwards, each student in the class were each given an unloaded rifle and we rode in a school bus over to the national guard armory that had an indoor shooting range in it.

The instructor controlled the ammo and we were given 10 rounds each. After we shot 10 rounds the instructor would walk down the line to be sure the bolts were open and no one was touching the rifles. We would change targets and then we were given another 10 rounds.

Times have really changed.

Sgt Nambu · Mar 28, 2014

This is great! Lucky kids! My mom shot in her grade school class and the schools shooting club (1930's). She went on to become a champion small bore shot and helped teach me, starting at four years old, so that launched two shooters over a span of 80+ years! Wish every kid had this opportunity!

BTW, take a kid shooting!

bnsaibum · Mar 28, 2014

The gun prohibitionists may have stepped in something they will find they don't like. They use terms like 'gun safety legislation' and fail to realize what the words actually mean. They want to think they mean more gun restrictions, but stories like the recent one in Colorado and those of Tony and Sgt are real firearm safety. Keep pressing what safe firearm practices are and what they entail and perhaps we can get back on track.

bnsaibum · May 8, 2014

Found another one. Granted this is for home schooled students, but the range owner did say there were public school field trips at his range. The comments by the teacher and the parents at the end of the video sum it up. Education begets safety.

http://wtvr.com/2014/03/28/gun-range-a-destination-for-school-field-trips/

This should be happening all over the U.S.